Take one's 2003 survey of Canadian cinema.The year 2003 proved to be exceptional for Canadian movies at the domestic box office. In a country where a million at the box office for an indigenous film is a rarity, four films, all by Quebec filmmakers, did more than $5 million in business (according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Playback's annual box-office survey): Charles Biname's Seraphin: Heart of Stone, Jean-Francois Pouliot's Seducing Doctor Lewis, Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions and Emile Gaudreault's Mambo Italiano. Seraphin played Toronto in 2003, but it only did three weeks at the Carlton cinemas, which is typical for a Quebecois film. Seducing Doctor Lewis opens outside of Quebec in the spring, and with any luck it will do better. The Barbarian Invasions is proving to be a domestic and international hit, and an Oscar winner. Mambo Italiano, the only one of the four to be shot in English, has proven to be the biggest English-language Canadian comedy of all time, surpassing the recent Men with Brooms (2002). Three minority Canadian co-productions dominated the two per cent of screen time allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. to domestic product in the Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area (widely abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. The GTA is a provincial planning area with a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Canadian Census. , the largest market in the world for English-Canadian films. Bowling for Columbine columbine, in botany columbine (kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. , a strong hold-over from 2002, never lacked for an audience and sat in Toronto theatres for seven months. One of the great ironies of 2003 was the closing of Salter Street Films shortly after its founder, Michael Donovan Michael David Donovan is a voice actor for many TV shows and anime. He is most known for his voice on the series ReBoot for his voices of Phong, Mike the TV, Cecil, and Al. He has also provided the voice of Sabretooth for and Carnage for Spider-Man Unlimited. , the film's co-producer, was given an Oscar. Bowling for Columbine is now the most successful documentary ever made, grossing over $50 million worldwide. Richard Kwietniowski's Owning Mahowny, a Canada/U.K. co-production starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was very popular, as was another Canada/U.K. co-production, The Gospel of John For other uses, see Gospel of John (disambiguation). The Gospel of John (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά Ιωαννην, Kata Iōannēn . The Gospel marks the return to film production for Garth Drabinksy, the disgraced theatrical producer who once owned Cineplex. Of the features that played Toronto in 2003, Take One's Canadian film of the year is David Cronenberg's splendid Spider. Easily his best film since Dead Ringers (1988), Spider features some of the most accomplished acting ever seen in a Canadian film, including an absolutely riveting three-character performance by Miranda Richardson. FEATURES SCREENED IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA IN 2003 A record 48 features were released in the GTA GTA Grand Theft Auto (legal) GTA Grand Theft Auto (video game) GTA Greater Toronto Area (Canada) GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant in 2003 and are listed here in descending order of the number of weeks played (in parenthesis parenthesis: see punctuation. The left parenthesis "(" and right parenthesis ")" are used to delineate one expression from another. For example, in the query list for size="34" and (color = "red" or color ="green") ) along with with the director. Co-productions and minority co-productions (those not directed by Canadians) are also noted in parenthesis. Those marked with an asterisk indicate a film released in 2002. Bowling for Columbine,* Michael Moore  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. (31) (Canada/U.S./Germany minority co-pro) Owning Mahowny, Richard Kwietniowski (13) (Canada/U.K. minority co-pro) The Gospel of John, Philip Saville (10) (Canada/U.K. minority co-pro) Mambo Italiano, Emile Gaudreault (10) Spider, David Cronenberg (9) (Canada/France/U.K. co-pro) Les Invasions barbares, Denys Arcand (6) (Canada/France co-pro) Ararat,* Atom Egoyan (5) Marion Bridge, Wiebke yon Carolsfeld (5) The Wild Dogs, Thorn Fitzgerald (5) Flower & Garnet, Keith Behrman (4) Foolproof, William Phillips (4) Max, Menno Meyjes (4) (Canada/Germany/Hungary/U.K. minority co-pro) My Life without Me, Isabel Coixet (4) (Canada/Spain minority co-pro) Blizzard, LeVar Burton (3) (Canada/U.S. minority co-pro) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Guy Maddin (3) The Event, Thorn Fitzgerald (3) (Canada/U.S. co-pro) Gambling, Gods and LSD LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide (lī'sûr`jĭk, dī'ĕth`ələmĭd, dī'ĕthəlăm`ĭd), alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot ( , Peter Mettler (3) Love that Boy, Andrea Dorfman (3) Seraphin: Heart of Stone, Charles Biname (3) S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, Daniel Cross (3) The Statement, Norman Jewison (3) (Canada/U.S./France co-pro) The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Tim Southam (2) The Book of Eve, Claude Fournier (2) Chaos and Desire, Manon Briand (2) Expecting, Deborah Day (2) Falling Angels, Scott Smith (2) The Favourite Game, Bernar Hebert (2) FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, Nettle nettle, common name for the Urticaceae, a family of fibrous herbs, small shrubs, and trees found chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera of nettles are covered with small stinging hairs that on contact emit an irritant (formic acid) which produces a Wild (2) Leaving Metropolis, Brad Fraser (2) Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, Mina Shum (2) The Nature of Nicholas, Jeff Erbach (2) Past Perfect, Daniel MacIvor (2) Prisoner of Paradise, Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender (2) (Canada/U.K. co-pro) Bollywood/Hollywood,* Deepa Mehta (1) The Burial Society, Nicholas Racz (1) Crime Spree, Brad Mirman (1) (Canada/U.S./U.K. minority co-pro) Hurt, Steve DiMarco (1) Ice Cream, Chocolate & Other Consolations, Julie Hivon (1) Julie Walking Home, Agnieszka Holland (1) (Canada/Germany/Poland minority co-pro) Kathryn's Place, B. de Burgh BURGH. A borough; (q. v.) a castle or town. (1) The Last Round, Joseph Blasioli (1) The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam Long Tack Sam, born in 1885 in Northern China, was a world renowned magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer. His magnificently dressed troupe played major cities across the globe in the early 1900's. , Anne Marie Fleming (1) Le Morals, Kim Nguyen (1) Moving Malcolm, Benjamin Ratner (1) A Problem with Fear, Gary Burns (1) Punch, Guy Benett (1) So Far Away and Blue, Roy Cross (1) deadend.com, Wyeth Clarkson (1/2) Toronto International Film Festival's 2003 TOP 10 Selected by a 10--member national panel of filmmakers, festival programmers, journalists and industry professionals. Listed alphabetically with the director in parenthesis. 20 h 17, rue Darling (Bernard Emond) The Corporation (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott) Dying at Grace (Allan King) La Face cachee de la lune (Robert Lepage) Falling Angels (Scott Smith) Les Invasions barbares (Denys Arcand) Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (Sudz Sutherland) My Life without Me (Isabel Coixet) On the Corner (Nathaniel Geary) The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin) TOP 10 at the Box Office According to a Playback survey published November 24, 2003 covering the period from November 8, 2002 to November 6, 2003. The box-office figures are expressed in millions in parenthesis. Seraphin: Heart of Stone ($9.6) Seducing Doctor Lewis ($7.6) Los Invasions barbares ($5.9) Mambo Italiano ($5.1) Sur le seuil ($1.6) Gaz Bar Blues ($0.76) Spider ($0.62) Pere père n. 1. Used after a man's surname to distinguish a father from a son: Dumas père primarily wrote novels, while dramas occupied Dumas fils. 2. et fils ($0.6) Comment ma mere accoucha de moi pendant sa menopause ($0.5) Foolproof($0.44) Les Prix Jutra (Quebec Film Awards) Picture: Los Invasions barbares (Denise Robert and Daniel Louis) Director: Denys Arcand, Les Invasions barbares Screenplay: Denys Arcand, Les Invasions barbares Actor: Serge Theriault, Gaz Bar Blues Actress: Marie-Josee Croze croze n. A groove inside the end of a barrel or cask into which the head is set. [French creux, from Old French crues, groove, from Vulgar Latin *crosus, , Les Invasions barbares Supporting Actor: Pierre Collin, Seducing Doctor Lewis Supporting Actress: Clemence Desroches, Seducing Doctor Lewis Cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special : Allen Smith, Seducing Doctor Lewis Editing: Dominique Fortin, Seducing Doctor Lewis Sound: Seducing Doctor Lewis Art Direction: Seducing Doctor Lewis Costumes: Seducing Doctor Lewis Make-Up: La" Face cachee de la lune Musical Score: Gaz Bar Blues Documentary: A hauteur hauteur machine-estimated mean fiber length in a top of wool; the basis for the pricing of tops. d'homme; Roger Toupin, epicier variete Short Film: Mammouth Animated Short: Bleu comme un coup de feu feu Noun Scots Law a right to the use of land in return for a fixed annual payment ([feu duty]) [Old French] |
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